The hermit had been hiding in the deep flower while photographer Steve Passlow took snaps of the fauna. But to his surprise, the little critter reared his head just as Steve hit the shutter.And with a huge beaming smile on his face, the purple and red frog looks pretty chuffed with his acquisition

Frog. Very tiny, itsy-bitsy frog in the new frog exhibit in Amazonia at the National Zoo. Shot with available light (really should use flash), but was able to get a somewhat decent f-stop (DOF) for this photo

Frog leaping from water to catch damselfly. X-Ray analysis show that muscles transfer energy into the creatures' tendons just before they jump - letting them jump far higher than their leg muscles would allow.